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NO. 485,995. Patented Nov. 8, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. SUNDSTROM, OF MICHIGAMME, MICHIGAN.

BRAlD-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,995, dated November 8, 1892. Application filed February 29, 1892- Serial No. 423,204. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. SUNDSTROM, of Michigamme, in the county of Marquette and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Braid-Case, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in braid-cases; and the object of my invention is to produce a cheap and simple case which will hold a large quantity of braid and hold it in such a manner that it cannot be soiled or injured, which will display the braid to advantage and still keep the braid covered, and which is constructed in such a way that the whole or any portion of the braid may be easily removed when necessary.

To this end my invention consists in a braid-case, the construction of which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspeciiication, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the case, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line was in Fig. 1.

The case 10 may be of any approved construction and may be ornamented in any desired way; but it is preferably rectangular in shape and has on its front side a swinging door 11, having at one edge a knob 12 orits equivalent and having its opposite edge hinged to the case, as shown at 13. The door 11 is provided with a glass front 14, so that one may see through it and select the color of braid desired, the braid being held within the case, as described below.

Near the front portion of the case and extending transversely across the same is a wall 15, which is preferably of sheet metal and which is parallel with the door 11 when the latter is closed. Extending through the casebody from front to rear and arranged in rows one above another are open-ended cylinders 16, the front ends of which open through the wall 15, and extending longitudinally through the cylinders and through the case-back are spindles 17, which are held in place by nuts 18 at their rear ends, and the front ends of the spindles project slightly through the front ends of the cylinders and are turned up, as shown at 19, so as to prevent the rolls of braid carried by the spindles from being pushed off the same.

The rolls of braid 20 are mounted upon the spindles 17 and fit snugly within the cylinders 16. Behind the rolls in each cylinderis a spiral spring 21, and the spring pushes the rolls forward, so that the front roll will be against the bent end 19 of the spindle l7, and the frontroll will thus project slightly beyond the wall 15, as shown in Fig. 2, so that one may easily grasp the roll with the thumb and fingers and pull it oif the spindle.

In the bottom of the case is a drawer 21', which may contain stick-braid or other articles. The drawer is provided at its front end with a knob 22 or other convenient drawerpull. I have shown the case provided with twelve cylinders, and the cylinders are adapted to each contain a dozen rolls of braid; but it is obvious that the case may be provided with any desired number of cylinders and that each cylinder may be made to hold any reasonable number of rolls.

The advantage of having several cylinders is that the different colors of braid may thus be displayed and each cylinder will contain braid of but one color.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A braid-holding case having a swinging transparent door, a plurality of parallel braidholding cylinders arranged within the door and opening toward the latter, braid-supporting spindles extending centrally through the cylinders, spiral springs arranged within the cylinders, and a supporting-wallfor the front ends of the cylinders, substantially as described.

CHARLES F. SUNDSTROM.

Witnesses:

FRED IRVING, THOS. GooDsEo. 

